Recent content by Elliott Hart

I added the same buttons to my Kpo 532 handheld microphone for the same reason. The encoder is starting to show signs of failure. I have the updated long version chassis.

Maybe a bad power switch??? I would just leave the unit on and maybe just turn of your power supply instead.

Ok understood.

There's no need to bring the antenna down. Just sweep the vertical side coax while you have the center conductor of the Horz side grounded. This can be done in the shack

I would prefer to have the unused coax grounded. With this type of antenna you are always going to have some small stray RF come down the unused coax. Some operators who run larger numbers only feed this antenna with one coax for this very reason. Either vertical or horizontal. So It comes down...

If you have the Rig-expert 55. It has the ability to be calibrated in such a manner so you can take the affect of the feed coax out of the equation.

In a voltage fed loop. The high voltage point(the point of Max radiation) is at the same point as the feed point to the loop. Conversely 90 degrees from the feed point is voltage null (zero radiation) This is where the other feed line is terminated. So, when you voltage feed a loop at the 6:00...

The length of the rod should not change your SWR per say; but a longer rod will give you more adjustment. This rod is 18.5 inches long from the 90-degree bend to the end of the eyelet. I'm pretty sure this is a 1/8 rod made of bronze. I believe they sell this at Home Depot in 24-inch lengths...

Kinda late to the conversation. But SFS feed system on this quad antenna benefits from a well grounded boom. This type of feed system needs a good reference to ground to perform correctly. At this point the only ground you have is coming from your coax braid from the shack. This is where most...

I've worked with this type of antenna in the past. I will try to answer your questions?

Yes, I have a AT-5555n II (long case) driving into a Carlbuilt 4 pill with a 4 watt DK key I get about about 600 peak bird watts. With the radio wide open (8 watt DK-60 peak watts). I get about 850 bird peak out of my CB 4 pill. My radio is tuned for a 8 watt max dead key. I talk 99% on SSB so...

I would run this radio wide open into a straght 4 pill. Choking this radio down to a 20 watt peak is a waist of power. Let the dragon breath...lol

I would not run this radio into a 1 x 4 amp. Too many peak watts even if you turn the dead key of the radio down.

I, too, run an Anytone At-5555n ii. I run parameters 18 and 19 (Echo length and Echo time) at 10 and 10. For me, it gives your audio more depth and tone. I have received great reports on my audio. Some have said it sounds more like FM